Nike missile locations | Indiana

Nike Missile Sites in Indiana

Find Nike sites in Indiana by town, site ID, or defense area. Browse the original service dates and site notes, with links to existing histories and IFC or launch pages where available.

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Chicago - Gary5 sites - View listCincinnati - Dayton1 sites - View list

Before visiting a site: Condition and ownership notes below come from the prior inventory and have not been verified as current. They are not access guidance. Any coordinates in the additional source material are source-listed points, not surveyed property boundaries.

Chicago - Gary Defense Area

5 sites in this inventory

Defense-area history
C-32

Porter/ Chester

Service: 1957 - Apr 1974

Site historyIFC pageLaunch page
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 3B/12H, 20A/12L-U

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

Intact, HQ Indiana Dunes National Lake Shore

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

Intact, Private ownership

C-45

Gary Municipal Airport

Service: 1957 - June 1960

IFC pageLaunch page
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 2B/20A/8L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

Partially Intact, Thought to remain under DOD control

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

Obliterated, Lake County, vacant, former Civil Defense site

C-47

Hobart/Wheeler

Service: 1956 - Mar 1974

Site historyIFC pageLaunch page
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 1C/12H, 20A/12L-U, (8L-H)

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

Private ownership

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

Portage Township School Corporation

C-46

Munster

Service: 1957 - Sep 1974

IFC pageLaunch page
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 1C/12H, 20A/12L-U, (8L-H)

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

Unknown

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

Partially Intact, Private ownership

C-48

South Gary

Service: 1957 - June 1960

Site historyIFC pageLaunch page
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 2B/20A/8L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Cincinnati - Dayton Defense Area

1 sites in this inventory

Defense-area history
Cincinnati - Dayton location map

It shows the defense area at a glance; use the individual IFC and launch links for each site's component record.

Historical map of Cincinnati - Dayton Defense Area Nike launcher locations
CD-63

Dillsboro (SE)

Service: Mar 1960 - Mar 1970

IFC pageLaunch page
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 3D/18H/12L-U

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

Intact, Private ownership, home

Additional source material

Historical notes, maps, coordinates, and links

Note that there are additional sites that covered the Gary area in Illinois.
Note that there are additional sites that covered the Cincinnati-Dayton area in Ohio.

Reading the original records

Missile codes and source context

Nike missile and launcher code key

The original inventory uses compact storage and launcher codes, retained in each site's details.

Storage
C: Ajax only, original design. B: Ajax or Hercules, with some elevators modified for Hercules. D: either type, with increased magazine access.
Launcher
A: Ajax; AA: double Ajax; AG: above ground; H: Hercules; L: launcher; K: unofficial Alaskan above-ground designation; U: universal; UA: half universal and half Ajax; UU: double universal.

Launcher conversions to Hercules appear in parentheses in the original code, for example (8L-H).